Jessica Tatiana Long is a Russian-born American Paralympic swimmer from Baltimore, Maryland, who competes in the S8, SB7 and SM8 category events. She has held many world records and competed at six Paralympic Games, winning 30 medals. She has won over 50 world championship medals.
Jerome Singleton is a Paralympic athlete from the United States competing mainly in category T44 sprint events. Because he had no fibula in his right calf, his leg was amputated below the knee when he was 18 months old.
April Holmes is a Paralympic athlete from the USA competing mainly in category T44 sprint events.
Volha Zinkevich is a Paralympian athlete from Belarus competing mainly in category F12 long jump events.
Holger Geffers is a paralympic athlete from Germany competing mainly in category T12 sprints events.
Roberto La Barbera is a paralympic athlete from Italy competing mainly in category F44 long jump and pentathlon events.
Purificacion Santamarta is a paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T11 sprint events.
Aldo Manganaro is a paralympic athlete from Italy competing mainly in category T13 sprint events.
Ross Davis is a paralympic athlete from the United States competing mainly in category T34 sprint events.
Hauker Gunnarsson is a paralympic athlete from Iceland competing mainly in category T36 sprint events.
Juan Antonio Prieto is a paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T12 sprints events.
Bart Dodson is an American paralympic athlete. He is from the United States competing mainly in category T51 wheelchair racing events.
Juana Soto is a paralympic athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category TW4 sprint events.
Paul Nitz is a Paralympic athlete from the United States competing mainly in category T52 sprint events.
Junichi Kawai is a Japanese Paralympic swimmer competing mainly in category S11 events.
The 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships was the biggest track and field competition for athletes with a disability since the 2012 Summer Paralympics. It was held in Lyon, France, and lasted from 20 to 28 July. Around 1,100 athletes competed, from 94 different countries. The event was held in the Stade du Rhône located at the Parc de Parilly in Vénissieux, in Lyon Metropolis.
Felipe de Sousa Gomes, known as Felipe Gomes, is a Paralympic athlete from Brazil. He mainly competes in category T11 sprint events. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London he took the gold in the T11 200m sprint.
Giuseppe Forni is a paralympic athlete from Switzerland competing mainly in category T51 racing events.
David Larson is a paralympic athlete from the United States competing mainly in category T34 sprint events.
Chan Shing-chung is a paralympic athlete from Hong Kong competing mainly in category C8 sprint events.
